Happy 2020 to you all! I am currently completing a big kit that I hope to write about before the end of the month. But before I get to that finish line, the first week of January is as good a time as any to break out another "Top 5" wish list. Last year's Top... Continue Reading →
There was a post at the end of 2018 but back then Model Airplane Maker was only a few months old at the time. So I am not sure it counted. This time, the site has more than a year under its belt and there is a lot more to say. Speaking of which, I... Continue Reading →
I have previously published a quick and dirty guide to modeling the many US variants of the Corsair in 1/48 scale. In that last guide I detailed the differences between the variants as they were developed. Instead of repeating that information, this guide will have a bit more information about the story behind the use... Continue Reading →
A Sleeper Build? Ever pick up a model kit on a whim? It was not on your radar and you may not have known about it. Perhaps you saw it cheap at a show, got it from a buddy or it was on heavy discount at the hobby shop or online. Not expecting much from... Continue Reading →
The only time I visited the The National Air Force Museum of Canada was when I did a weekend wine tour in Prince Edward County with my wife some years ago. Admittedly, that holiday was "pre-kid" and the wine was good so I don't recall most of the details. However, Prince Edward County is beautiful... Continue Reading →
I’ve written an "Airbrushing and Finishing" feature for Finescale Modeler magazine about my Little Nick. As I described in a previous post, I added most of a resin cockpit, scratch built the engines and gear bays and added other details. I then painted the model, including the markings, with Tamiya acrylics. You can read about the... Continue Reading →
Most people spring clean. I do too but I get the most cleaning done in the fall. And by cleaning I mean purging. The rule I have adopted is "if I have not touched it in 2 years, then out it goes." But there are a few exceptions: Stuff that doesn't actually belong to me... Continue Reading →
Now I know what you are thinking: Are there model aircraft at a model car show? Absolutely! And I will get to that below, because there were some great ones! The 6th Annual Ottawa Scale Auto Contest was held on a very rainy Sunday on October 27, 2019. Since its inception in 2014, it has been... Continue Reading →
Held on September 28, 2019 at the unique and wonderful Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, CapCon is the bi-annual scale model show and contest hosted by IPMS Ottawa. It's Been Ten Years?!?!? CapCon is the first contest I ever went to (2007) and the first contest I ever entered (2009). I still remember being a... Continue Reading →
It seems a bit silly to be discussing the virtues of Social Media & scale models in a Wordpress blog post. Has Social Media hit scale modeling? Of course it has. Has this been a good thing? Of course it has - even if there are some downsides. I believe one of the biggest changes in this... Continue Reading →
